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Bank Info for NB Charter 269 (1864 - 1884)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The First National Bank of
St. Albans, VT
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1864-1876 Albert Sowles Hiram Bellows
1877-1883 Albert Sowles Edward Adams Sowles
Other Known Bank Note Signers
  • No other known bank note signers for this bank
Bank Note History Links
Bank Note Types Issued (VanBelkum)
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments
Original Series 4x5 1 - 2000
Original Series 4x10 1 - 4125
Series 1875 4x10 1 - 1674
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 604
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Chartered Feb 20, 1864
  • Receivership Apr 22, 1884
  • FNB was robbed of at least $58,000 on Oct 19, 1864 by a band
  • of 22 Confederate raiders coming from Canada. The St. Albans
  • Raid was the northern most land action of the Civil War.
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1865) $267,514
High Bal (1882) $728,033
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1864) $85,000
High Bal (1865) $90,000
Total Out (1883) $89,980
# Large Notes 33,612
# Small Notes 0
# Total Notes 33,612
$ Large Size $302,160
$ Small Size $0
$ Total Issued $302,160
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Nov-25-1864 $311,344.46 $85,000.00
Oct-02-1865 $267,513.82 $90,000.00
Oct-01-1866 $292,891.79 $90,000.00
Oct-07-1867 $286,995.27 $90,000.00
Oct-05-1868 $348,981.39 $89,980.00
Oct-09-1869 $280,539.34 $89,025.00
Oct-08-1870 $317,298.08 $90,000.00
Oct-02-1871 $341,769.78 $89,980.00
Oct-03-1872 $414,265.13 $89,980.00
Sep-12-1873 $466,566.25 $87,000.00
Oct-02-1874 $474,218.98 $86,980.00
Oct-01-1875 $568,150.54 $90,000.00
Oct-02-1876 $683,279.97 $89,180.00
Oct-01-1877 $600,041.95 $90,000.00
Oct-01-1878 $657,804.99 $90,000.00
Oct-02-1879 $612,339.08 $89,480.00
Oct-01-1880 $658,008.92 $89,980.00
Oct-01-1881 $658,270.62 $89,200.00
Oct-03-1882 $728,033.44 $88,280.00
Oct-02-1883 $722,962.87 $89,980.00

 

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